If you are interested in learning more about any of the topics in this booklet, here are some other resources for you to explore. Some of these are also listed in the To Learn More section found at the end of most chapters.
AARP
601 E Street, NW
Washington, DC 20049
888-687-2277 (toll-free)
www.aarp.org
Aging with Dignity
Box 1661
Tallahassee, FL 32302
888-594-7437 (toll-free)
www.agingwithdignity.org
Alzheimer’s Association
225 N. Michigan Avenue, Floor 17
Chicago, IL 60601
800-272-3900 (toll-free)
www.alz.org
American Academy of Pain Medicine
4700 W. Lake
Glenview, IL 60025
847-375-4731
www.painmed.org
American Academy of Wound Management
1155 15th Street, NW, Suite 500
Washington, DC 20005
202-457-8408
www.aawm.org
American Bar Association
321 N. Clark Street
Chicago, IL 60610
800-285-2221 (toll-free)
www.abanet.org
American Geriatrics Society
Foundation for Health in Aging
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 801
New York, NY 10118
800-563-4916 (toll-free)
www.healthinaging.org
American Hospice Foundation
2120 L Street, NW, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20037
800-347-1413 (toll-free)
www.americanhospice.org
American Music Therapy Association
8455 Colesville Road, Suite 1000
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-589-3300
www.musictherapy.org
Association for Conflict Resolution
1015 18th Street, NW, Suite 1150
Washington, DC 20036
202-464-9700
www.acrnet.org
Beth Israel Medical Center
Department of Pain Medicine
and Palliative Care
First Avenue at 16th Street
New York, NY 10003
877-620-9999 (toll-free)
www.stoppain.org
Caring Connections
(See National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization)
Center for Caregiver Training
1320 Divisadero Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
415-563-9286
www.caregiving101.org
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
800-633-4227 (toll-free)
www.medicare.gov
Center for Practical Bioethics
Harzfeld Building
1111 Main Street, Suite 500
Kansas City, MO 64105
800-344-3829 (toll-free)
www.practicalbioethics.org
Center to Advance Palliative Care
1255 Fifth Avenue, Suite C-2
New York, NY 10029
212-201-2670
www.getpalliativecare.org
Compassion and Choices
Box 101810
Denver, CO 80250
800-247-7421 (toll-free)
www.compassionandchoices.org
Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Benefits Administration
Veterans Health Administration
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
VA benefits:
800-827-1000 (toll-free)
To speak with a health care benefits counselor:
877-222-8387 (toll-free)
www.va.gov
Donate Life America
700 North 4th Street
Richmond, VA 23219
804-782-4920
www.shareyourlife.org
Eldercare Locator
800-677-1116 (toll-free)
www.eldercare.gov
Family Caregiver Alliance
180 Montgomery Street, Suite 1100
San Francisco, CA 94104
800-445-8106 (toll-free)
www.caregiver.org
Federal Trade Commission
CRC-240
Washington, DC 20580
877-382-4357 (toll-free)
www.ftc.gov
Growth House
www.growthhouse.org
Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association
One Penn Center West, Suite 229
Pittsburgh, PA 15276
412-787-9301
www.hpna.org
Hospice Association of America
228 Seventh Street, SE
Washington, DC 20003
202-546-4759
www.nahc.org/HAA/
Hospice Foundation of America
800-854-3402 (toll-free)
www.hospicefoundation.org
www.hospicedirectory.org
Hospice Net
Suite 51
401 Bowling Avenue
Nashville, TN 37205
www.hospicenet.org
Living Bank
Box 6725
Houston, TX 77265
800-528-2971 (toll-free)
www.livingbank.org
National Alliance for Hispanic Health
Cuidando con Cariño/Compassionate Care HelpLine
1501 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
877-658-8896 (toll-free)
www.hispanichealth.org
National Cancer Institute
Public Inquiries Office
6116 Executive Boulevard
Room 3036A
Bethesda, MD 20892
800-422-6237 (toll-free)
www.cancer.gov
National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625
Alexandria, VA 22314
800-658-8898 (toll-free)
www.caringinfo.org
www.nhpco.org
National Institute of Nursing Research
31 Center Drive, Rm. 5B-10
Bethesda, MD 20892
866-910-3804 (toll-free)
www.ninr.nih.gov
National Library of Medicine
www.medlineplus.gov
Health Topics
Search for:
“Advance Directives”
“Bereavement”
“End-of-Life Issues”
“Hospice Care”
“Organ Donation”
“Pain”
Palliative Care Policy Center
www.medicaring.org
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Box 2316
College Road East and Route 1
Princeton, NJ 08543
877-843-7953 (toll-free)
www.lastacts.org
Society of Critical Care Medicine
500 Midway Drive
Mt. Prospect, IL 60056
847-827-6869
www.sccm.org
Visiting Nurse Associations of America
99 Summer Street, Suite 1700
Boston, MA 02110
617-737-3200
www.vnaa.org
Well Spouse Association
63 West Main Street, Suite H
Freehold, NJ 07728
800-838-0879 (toll-free)
www.wellspouse.org
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We would like to thank these groups for their help with photography for this publication—the NIH Clinical Center, the NIH Clinical Center fifth floor nursing staff, and the Berry-Woodyard family of Takoma Park, MD.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
NIH Publication No. 08-6036 January 2008
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